Overview
Tan was an official Historian and Scholar.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Northern Qi
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 570 武平初Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 23, passages 100-101
- AD 581 to AD 600 隋開皇中Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 23, passages 102-103
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Sibling of Yanqing (彥卿)elder brother 兄 · Full siblingsDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 100
- Child of Ji Jing (季景)father 父Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 23, passages 98, 100
Career and standing
- Secretariat Attendant 中書舍人AD 570 武平初 · AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 101
- Awaiting edicts at the Wenlin Hall 待詔文林館AD 570 武平初 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 101
- Palace Investigating Censor 殿中御史AD 570 武平初 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 101
- Attendant to the Crown Prince 太子舍人AD 581 to AD 600 隋開皇中 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 102
- Director of Composition 著作郎AD 581 to AD 600 隋開皇中 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 102
Places and affiliations
- AD 581 to AD 600 隋開皇中Polity Sui 隋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 102
- Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 101
Learning and skills
- Skill learning and literary talent 學識有詞藻 · Level notedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 100
Works and attributed material
- Book of Later Wei 後魏書Juan 92Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 103
- Book of Later Wei 後魏書Relation Author · Juan 92Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 103
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment caught the historiographic manner well; contemporaries praised it · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 23, passage 103
References in the histories
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